General Articles

Is Skepticism Ridiculous?

Michael Philips asks whether anyone can really believe skeptical arguments.
[Issue 53: November/December 2005]

Socratic Humility

Glenn Rawson on humility versus arrogance in the Socratic method of philosophy.
[Issue 53: November/December 2005]

How To Be Much Cleverer Than All Your Friends (so they really hate you)

Part II: Being a Superbeing. Study Bayes, says Mike Alder. Cont. from Issue 51.
[Issue 52: August/September 2005]

Can Mythology Save the Miraculous?

Stephen Anderson argues that religion isn’t simply a system of profound myths – it relies on making factual claims which are really true.
[Issue 52: August/September 2005]

A Practical Role for Philosophy

Peter Bowden argues that it is not a choice between education or training: both are needed, and across every discipline. The problem is that the sciences are providing education as well as training, but that the departments of philosophy are not providing the training.
[Issue 52: August/September 2005]

Ricoeur’s Negotiated Settlements

Fred Dallmayr on the conciliatory and original Paul Ricoeur, who died in May.
[Issue 52: August/September 2005]

The Bush Disjunction

Paul Keeling on speech acts louder than words.
[Issue 52: August/September 2005]

An Aesthetic Justification of Travel

Lindsay Oishi thinks you should travel to celebrate a particular object of art.
[Issue 52: August/September 2005]

Willing Slaves

by Richard Taylor
[Issue 52: August/September 2005]

The Philosophy of John Lennon

What is it like to be a Beatle? Gary Tillery argues that Lennon’s pronouncements, both cynical and idealistic, reveal a sincere and original thinker.
[Issue 52: August/September 2005]

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